This may be the most important article I have ever written. It will be the last, and longest, report in this series. The importance of you understanding what is now unfolding is matchless. I will go so far as to say: "I will promise you, that what you are about to read, will be in world headlines for the next ten years."
Mar 11, 2010 - 11:32:54 PM
The birth of the most massive stars - those ten to a hundred times the mass of the Sun --has posed an astrophysical riddle for decades. Massive stars are dense enough to fuse hydrogen while they're still gathering material from the gas cloud, so it was a mystery why their brilliant radiation does not heat the infalling gas and blow it away.
Mar 16, 2010 - 10:33:24 AM
An international team led by Yale University has, for the first time, measured the mass of a type of supernova thought to belong to a unique subclass and confirmed that it surpasses what was believed to be an upper mass limit.
Mar 16, 2010 - 10:12:09 AM
SANTIAGO,Chile - Another pair of aftershocks rattled coastal Chile overnight, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. A magnitude 6.7 aftershock struck off the coast of Chile on Monday before midnight about 45 miles (72 km) northwest of Concepcion and another 5.5 magnitude tremor rumbled just after midnight about 35 miles (55km) north of Conception, which was heavily damaged by the last month 8.8 magnitude quake.
Mar 16, 2010 - 9:50:16 AM
LOS ANGELES - An earthquake east of downtown Los Angeles rippled across Southern California before dawn Tuesday, jolting millions of people awake and putting first-responders on alert.
Mar 16, 2010 - 9:31:18 AM
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - Madagascar's disaster officials say at least 36 people have died and more than 38,000 were made homeless by Tropical Storm Hubert.
Mar 16, 2010 - 9:27:16 AM
Images from the recent flyby of Phobos, on 7 March 2010, are released today. The images show Mars' rocky moon in exquisite detail, with a resolution of just 4.4 metres per pixel. They show the proposed landing sites for the forthcoming Phobos-Grunt mission.
Mar 16, 2010 - 9:20:11 AM
A category 4 cyclone is stalking the Queensland coast just days before the fourth anniversary of cyclone Larry, but forecasters are not panicking.
Mar 15, 2010 - 12:45:38 PM
A star is hurtling towards us. It will almost certainly clip the outskirts of the solar system and send comets towards Earth - though not for a while.
Mar 15, 2010 - 12:44:31 PM
Washington - A strong magnitude 6.0 aftershock struck Chile on Monday, two weeks after a huge quake and tsunami waves killed hundreds of people and caused massive damage.
Mar 15, 2010 - 12:28:54 PM
A powerful cyclone has hit northern Fiji, damaging buildings and crops, and forcing at least 5,000 people to leave their homes.
Mar 15, 2010 - 12:01:21 PM
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida - California-based SpaceX said it conducted a successful engine test for its Falcon 9 launch vehicle on Saturday, marking a key milestone on the way to the inaugural launch of a commercial rocket that President Barack Obama hopes will one day ferry astronauts to the International Space Station.
Mar 14, 2010 - 11:03:38 AM
Fiji is bracing itself for what experts fear is going to be a brutal storm, passing right across the two main islands and hitting major population centres, including the capital Suva.
Mar 14, 2010 - 10:24:42 AM
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Utility crews pushed through fallen trees and windblown debris to reach downed power lines Sunday, working to restore electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses as strong winds and heavy rain that wreaked havoc in parts of the Northeast pushed on into New England.
Mar 14, 2010 - 10:22:29 AM
